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AMLO Claims Video Of Brother Taking Cash Is Smear Campaign (NP)

MEXICO
  • Mexican President AMLO said on Friday a video showing one of his younger brothers receiving cash from a political operator was part of an ongoing campaign by his adversaries to discredit him. (National Post)
  • In the video, released by Mexican news outlet Latinus, a man hands Martin Jesus Lopez Obrador an envelope stuffed with a large stack of bills, which a narrator says totaled 150,000 pesos ($7,500) and were part of a recurring set of payments.
    • "I think the intention is to do damage to me, or to try to damage me," the president told a news conference.
    • He said he would not cover up for anyone, and that authorities should investigate whether any crime had been committed, and punish any wrongdoing.
    • "But my conscience is clear," added Lopez Obrador, who has built his reputation as an indefatigable scourge of corruption.

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